Hettie Judah is a British curator and writes about design in international media such as 'The Financial Times', 'Art Review' and 'DAMn'. She is editor of 'The Word Magazine'. Veronique Pouillard has worked at the Columbia University in New York for the National Fund for Scientific Research. As an assistant-researcher at the Institut d'Histoire de Te...

So writes Roy Blount Jr. in this exuberant, character-filled saunter through a place he has loved almost his entire life—a city like no other place in America, and yet (or therefore) the cradle of American culture. Here we experience it all through his eyes, ears, and taste buds: the architecture, music, romance (yes, sex too), historical characters, and all ...